The writers of the Bible weren't trying to be apologetic. At all. Except, maybe Paul. So the Bible makes sense when you bring out the true meaning behind the weird words. Take parables, for instance.
The Egyptians CHOSE to fight the Israelites. When they did that, God punished them. He knew they wouldn't let Israel go, waited for it to happen, and them punished them accordingly. God took no action that influenced what Pharaoh did, except, maybe, not destroying the land of Egypt with a giant fireball on the day it became a nation, so they wouldn't enslave the Israelites hundreds of years later under and entirely new government.
God never told anybody what to write down about the Exodus, he just did what he did and let the Jews write it down for themselves and give it to their children.
The Egyptians CHOSE to fight the Israelites. When they did that, God punished them. He knew they wouldn't let Israel go, waited for it to happen, and them punished them accordingly. God took no action that influenced what Pharaoh did, except, maybe, not destroying the land of Egypt with a giant fireball on the day it became a nation, so they wouldn't enslave the Israelites hundreds of years later under and entirely new government.
God never told anybody what to write down about the Exodus, he just did what he did and let the Jews write it down for themselves and give it to their children.
(May 28, 2013 at 8:09 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: [quote='Consilius' pid='451357' dateline='1369785856']
Quote:When the Bible was written, everyone was a theist. That's why it needs interpretation.
explain that od phrase.
Quote:God knew what Pharaoh would do to the Israelites, but, at the same time, he KNEW it was going to happen, and at the time that he wanted. He didn't make Pharaoh hate Moses in the other sense.
yes he did, the phrase clearly says so, knowing the impact his actions will have in the future only makes it worse.
If a murderer is aware of his action`s consequences before commiting a murder he is sentenced to a longer term on the grounds of it being (in legal terms) "a deliberate act of crime"
Quote:Of course, the awestruck Jewish men who wrote the Torah gave God credit for their Exodus in a much more direct manner.
Thereby forgetting what he previously stated, thereby proving god is eigther senile or the bronze age nomads made that stuff up.
Quote: To take that part literally, would, of course, contradict the Bible.
Which is what I am doing. And which you and every other bible follower refuses to do, otherwise you would be demanding the death penalty for homosexuals.